Washing machine



April 21, 1931. REALE 1,802,218

wAsHniG MACHINE Filed Jan. 21, 1929 if i rffla'w m E9079 INVENTOR ATTORNEY where there is a stationary cylinder and as Claimed. 60.

It is further the purpose of this invention par m ntsu cover to a position to close the adjacent or openingll in the'outer cylinder, and mount- Patented Apr. 21, 1931 y k JETED STATES PATENT, OFFICE JOSEPH REALEV, or IEHILADELPHIA, rENNsY LvANIA WASHING Application filed January 21,1929, Serial No. 333;s29.

In the'majority of laundries the washing that while still keeping within the scope of machines are in the form of substantially the invention, any desired modification of elongated cylindrical construction, the outer details and proportions, as may fall within casing of the cylinders being stationary, the scope of what is claimed, may bemade in 8 while the inner cylinders are capable of theconstruction of the appliance according rotation in order to agitate the clothes and to circumstances; the suds. It is at present unnecessary to Theinvention comprises further features enter into the detail construction of any and combination of parts to be hereinafter conventional type of washing machine set forth, shown 7 in the drawings and rotating cylinder, excepting to mention that In the. drawings I--' i a v there is a moving part, in order to agitate Flgure 1 is a view in front elevation'of a the clothes, and to further mention that the Washing machine 1 of a conventionaltype, inner cylinder is divided into a pluralityof showing the hinged covers open. compartments to receive the clothes, while vFlgure 2 is a sectional view on line 2'-2 the outer cylinder or casing is stationary of Figure l, but showing the hinged covers and has a plurality of higed covers fo 1 closed and illustrating the sliding cover in ing two or more compartments. g d under thehinged' ov r.

These compartments are divided to receive lgllre 3 is a detailed perspective view of the clothes of different customers. For ine P ltiO'n 015 one end of the washing matanc on co art nt will receive A chine, showing the hinged covers open and clothes, an adjacent compartment will rea Shding cover in position'over one of th ceive Bs clothes, the next compartment will mp r ments. I receive Cs clothes,and so on through the e rr ng to the drawings, 1 identifies a 25 length of the machine, for instance Ds, conventionalwtype of washing machine Es and Fs clothes. which comprisesan outer cylinder 2 and an In laundries an attendant may carry A73 l-nner rotating cylinder 3, the outer cylinclothes in a receptacle, or by hand and when ng o n ed' pn the usual supports 4:. in position next to the machine the attendh nn r r tlng cylinder is divided ants intention is to deposit clothes in As lIltO a plurality of Compartments 5, 6', 7, 8, compartment, for instance the first com- 9 nd H WeVel" the machine may have partment, and since the cover closes two 1- ldtllhlQIliLl compartments. The outer cylin more of the compartments and it must be der has e l ng t d p ning 11 extending opened to deposit the clothes, the attendtheif ull length of the machine, and hinged; 35 ant is very apt to drop some of the pieces e 12 011 h pp ge f e opening 11 of the clothes in the next or Bs compart- 1S alplu'rahty of covers 13, which are long ment and inadvertently fail to remove them, gh and g ed t se tWO oompart therefore ausing a 103s of certain pieces of 1I16Ilt$5th0llghlt is ObViOUS that these QOVBIS As clothes. I 13, maybe long enough: to cover morethan to provide supplemental sliding covers un- The inner cy i de is P leCl with; der the hinged covers, so that when the ata lbngated openmg 11a, which extends tendant is adjacent the machine to drop in the re g 0f the y ind r However As clothes, the attendant slides the sliding h p n ng 11dv is f less Width than h Bs compartment, thereby preventing clothes ed hingedly on the upper edge of the openof A dropping into the adjacent compart ing 11a are covers 130. Thereason'ior mak-e ment. ing i the opening 11a of the inner cylinder of It is to be understood that the particulars less width is for the purpose of allowing herein given are in no way limitative, and the covers 13m to be swung open, when the 1 covers 13 of the outer cylinder are open, in order to have access to the compartments of the inner cylinder.

The upper and lower edges of the opening 11a is provided with guide ways 14, and mounted in said guide ways are sliding covers 15. The guides let are so positioned in order to receive the sliding covers 15 whereby they will not interfere with the closing of the hinged covers 13a, when the latter are closed.

The purpose of the sliding covers is to prevent an attendant from accidently dropping some pieces of As clothing in the compartment 6, when the attendant is in the act of depositing As clothes in compartment 5. For example when the attendant approaches the machine and is in the very act of depositing As clothes in compartment 5, a cover 15 is moved to uncover the compartment 5, to a position covering compartment 6, thereby preventing some pieces of As clothing accidentally dropping into compartment 6. When the same attendant or another attendant is in the act of depositing Bs clothes in compartment 6, the attendant moves the cover 15 to close compartment 5 and then moves the sliding cover of the compartment 8 to close compartment 7, hence having the two compartments, one on each side of compartment 6 closed, so that the attendant cannot help from placing Bs clothes in the compartment 6. lVhen the attendant is in the act of placing Cs clothes in compartment 7 the sliding closure which has been previously moved to cover compartment 5 is moved back over comartment 6 and the sliding cover which has een previously moved over compartment 7 may be moved over compartment 8 so that the attendant cannot help but place Cs clothing in compartment '7. These opera tions are continued throughout the entire length of the machine, thereby making it possible that the attendants in a laundry cannot help from depositing the clothes of the rightful owner in the right compartment, and thereby prevent the loss of clothes, which is a very big item in the upkeep of a laundry.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed is:

In a washin machine, the combination with a cylindrical outer casing having an elongated opening in its arcuate wall extending substantially the full length thereof, a hinged cover for said opening, an inner casing rotatably mounted in the outer casing and divided into a plurality of clothes receiving compartments arranged side by side throughout the length thereof, there being an opening for each compartment and hinged covers for the compartments, each constituting a closure for a plurality of openings, the inner casing adjacent the upnature.

JOSEPH REALE.

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